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and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has the obama administration had a general pattern of trying to, as michael put it, placate the most implacable enemy of america? >> absolutely not. as you just showed before, president bush was even more apologetic after an american threatened to desecrate the koran in iran. you may remember that general petraeus condemned pastor jones, who was part of this video hear. re. he condemned him when he was threatening to burn korans, and that would cause damage to the troops he was commanding in afghanistan. president bush himself explained that he didn't support
and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has...
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obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of you f escially in he time out of your day to travel here, especially in new york traffic, which i just breathed myself. much smler when the book first came out in, i had a much smaller reception.e this is one of the stuff that is made, and it is wonderful to be ack, close to 10 years later, and to also see how things have. grown.'m going too i i am very grateful to all of you for being here. what i'm going to do is spend an few minutes talking a little biy about my perspective, asampaigna expressed not only in thend boo, but also in the campaign and how those things c
obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of...
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in his first nine months, president obama has issued policies and criticisms in america. in england and france. we have been through every one of those speeches and we cannot find any evidence for what mr. romney claims, but then maybe he hasn't read them. after all but if anyone needs to say sorry, it's mr. romney. he should apologize to those staff who work overseas on behalf of the nation, often in extremely complex circumstances and whose work can hardly be helped by the ill conceived bluster of a desperate presidential candidate.
in his first nine months, president obama has issued policies and criticisms in america. in england and france. we have been through every one of those speeches and we cannot find any evidence for what mr. romney claims, but then maybe he hasn't read them. after all but if anyone needs to say sorry, it's mr. romney. he should apologize to those staff who work overseas on behalf of the nation, often in extremely complex circumstances and whose work can hardly be helped by the ill conceived...
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obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, a debate that is so one-sided which i think is unlikely to be one-sided. the best that could happen would say to me is that the person who is less well-known or the person who has the most interest in changing the impression of himself can achieve that. >> right. >> rose: that would be reagan. >> what argument is romney going to make? what is the bumper sticker. what is the core argument. and so if romney said listen, first what makes you thin think-- what make you think the next four years will be better than the last four that is one good argument. second
obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, a debate that...
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there's still time, there's not a lot of time, and i don't think the difference between netanyahu and obama on this is that great in terms of the president's commitment not to allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons. the idea of putting out a public red line, in effect, issuing an ultimatum, is something that no president would do. you notice governor romney is not putting out a red line. senator mccain didn't, either, and neither is netanyahu, because it locks you in. i think what's clear is that the united states has a vital interest in preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon. there is still time, perhaps six months, even, by prime minister netanyahu's own time table to try to see if a negotiated solution can be worked out. i'm pessimistic about that. if that doesn't work out, and we need to make every effort, exhaust every chance that it does work-- then i'm afraid that 2013 is going to be a year in which we're going to have a military confrontation with iran. >> schieffer: you really believe that? tom friedman, is a military showdown inevitable in this? i mean, i-- just to be the de
there's still time, there's not a lot of time, and i don't think the difference between netanyahu and obama on this is that great in terms of the president's commitment not to allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons. the idea of putting out a public red line, in effect, issuing an ultimatum, is something that no president would do. you notice governor romney is not putting out a red line. senator mccain didn't, either, and neither is netanyahu, because it locks you in. i think what's clear is...
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president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, we need a different president. [applause] now, four years ago, president obama said if you do not have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone that people should run from. guess what? thats exactly what he is doing today. so, let's take a look at where we are. we got some pretty disappointing news just today. you know, we learned today that for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job. they gave up. we cannot keep doing this. our economy needs to correct just 150,000 jobs every month just to keep up with the growth of our populatio
president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, we need a...
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obama. when you go back university of cairo they show policy of appeasement. we have not stood up and had a clear defined policy we have emboldened our enemies and confused our allies. you saw the reaction from prime minister netanyahu. this came down to a mission for them. the last thing they cannot afford to have is also to see the week on foreign policy. >> what do you think going forward. how does this impact the election going forward. >> i think the american people don't want to once again relive the spector of jimmy carter in those days of the iranian hostage incident. we know the leader of hess bowl law his ran and israel law is already calling for more protests we know where they stand as far as their relationship with israel. they are in serious supporting of rash shad. it will play heavily against the president. he will talk about how does he go back to define his middle east policy? how is he going to accept responsibility for this happening. it's not about some facebook video th
obama. when you go back university of cairo they show policy of appeasement. we have not stood up and had a clear defined policy we have emboldened our enemies and confused our allies. you saw the reaction from prime minister netanyahu. this came down to a mission for them. the last thing they cannot afford to have is also to see the week on foreign policy. >> what do you think going forward. how does this impact the election going forward. >> i think the american people don't want...
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for example a poll in virginia shows obama up by four points. you evaluate the poll and probably off by 12-15 points, yet it's page 1. you go to item after item like this. mitt romney says correctly that the united states should not be apologizing to those who storm our embassy. an american ambassador gets killed where he had no security. intelligence system did not work administration has lied and three or four days media attacking mitt romney. the bias has been as vivid as i have seen. lesson is simple. this is what it is like to be a conservative in a general election, slow the campaign down emphasize things that american energy independence plan, stick to your guns, offer people a clear choice. i think this is very winnable race. i'll say something from personal experience. romney has to go into that first debate and be as tough obama as he was with me in florida. he can't waltz in there and trying to be attractive. he has to be tough, directed and decisive and win the first debate. in which case this is a wide open race and obama will lose
for example a poll in virginia shows obama up by four points. you evaluate the poll and probably off by 12-15 points, yet it's page 1. you go to item after item like this. mitt romney says correctly that the united states should not be apologizing to those who storm our embassy. an american ambassador gets killed where he had no security. intelligence system did not work administration has lied and three or four days media attacking mitt romney. the bias has been as vivid as i have seen. lesson...
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won right after obama won you started seeing these mass advertisements on t.v. about mormons do you recall those where they'd show a person who was a fire member a teacher and they'd show all these attributes of how wonderful they were and member the person would look at the camera in the end and say and i'm a mormon well they were preparing us for you think considering they say started preparing for years ago he's going to be the next us president no i am why so much effort for somebody because he's the rebel. main man the he's the one on the pedestal right now john mccain was for you. years ago george w. bush was in the eight years prior to that you know if i'm interesting about the republican convention they didn't mention one word about bush and cheney how do you ignore a president vice president who were a mere three and a half years ago served for eight years it's like oh boy you know why they don't want to identify with the true culprits who killed our economy very selling the people now saying we're going to fix the economy this is the same party that ru
won right after obama won you started seeing these mass advertisements on t.v. about mormons do you recall those where they'd show a person who was a fire member a teacher and they'd show all these attributes of how wonderful they were and member the person would look at the camera in the end and say and i'm a mormon well they were preparing us for you think considering they say started preparing for years ago he's going to be the next us president no i am why so much effort for somebody...
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why didn't the obama administration notice it's 9/11? and farth tort -- farther to the naivete, with men running around, shooting in the air, that that was going to lead to a democracy, a rev revolution that looks like the l.a. riots is not going to lead to anything good. i knew that last march. why didn't the manager know this was inevitable? it is exactly like jimmy carter. all we need -- he has wrecked the economy, he is utterly naive. >> sean: they ripped down our flag! they hold up a flag and say, no god but allah, muhammad is the messenger. the a.p. said they were extremist islamists. so we know who they are. the president -- like ft. hood, workplace shoot ago before you shoot when you say allah akbar, this is a terrorist attack. this is not an overseas contingency operation. how embarrassing and weak we -- this country seems when this president does not have the courage to say what is a fact, that this country is being engaged by radicals that want to destroy us and that a war on terror continues to exist. this is breathtaking. >>
why didn't the obama administration notice it's 9/11? and farth tort -- farther to the naivete, with men running around, shooting in the air, that that was going to lead to a democracy, a rev revolution that looks like the l.a. riots is not going to lead to anything good. i knew that last march. why didn't the manager know this was inevitable? it is exactly like jimmy carter. all we need -- he has wrecked the economy, he is utterly naive. >> sean: they ripped down our flag! they hold up a...
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obama just by inclination and personality does not seem to be that interested in taking on in powerful entrenched interests he seems to see himself as potentially being the great conciliator the person who can bring together different interests and i think we're at a time in our history where the country is very divided so i think he's misread his world in history and consequently he has not introduced that much change well in terms of actually winning the election i think the republican strategy has been to kind of juice up again this frustration and anger that resides with the american people and i don't think romney is saying much success i don't think that's resonating enough to actually win the election in fact in the american press today they just released a video clip in which he said that forty seven percent of the electorate he's not even interested in he calls them the moochers and these are people who were attending a fifty thousand dollars plate fund raiser so you know i think ultimately his prospects are one of the elections are rather small i think obama's. chief strategy
obama just by inclination and personality does not seem to be that interested in taking on in powerful entrenched interests he seems to see himself as potentially being the great conciliator the person who can bring together different interests and i think we're at a time in our history where the country is very divided so i think he's misread his world in history and consequently he has not introduced that much change well in terms of actually winning the election i think the republican...
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of those things that you describe looked to me like the conspiracy of media types to try to promote obama in any and every situation ronnie lott root of the matter is but he legacy in cairo released a statement blaming the marriage for values it doesn't matter a bit more i see that in i may do it it matters that they chose to do and it's not for the name of a hearing i'll use if i hate on you saying and let me respond in the right hearing i just i have it written right here ok the embassy of the united states in cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions ok let's wish now let's acknowledge how moved up let's acknowledge that this was before the riots yes romney clip that you just saw asserted that this was sure that this was the response of the obama administration's stance to the how did we let me finish a sentence early against our personal hand to say people can't hear us when we're both talking people can understand what is being said the what bronnie said was that
of those things that you describe looked to me like the conspiracy of media types to try to promote obama in any and every situation ronnie lott root of the matter is but he legacy in cairo released a statement blaming the marriage for values it doesn't matter a bit more i see that in i may do it it matters that they chose to do and it's not for the name of a hearing i'll use if i hate on you saying and let me respond in the right hearing i just i have it written right here ok the embassy of...
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>> he said that president obama inherited a mess, that obama's policies made sure it didn't get any worse, but that no one could have gotten us back to normal, even him. >> on the the path of-- >> and it makes no sense to return the keys to the white house to the people who got us in the mess. >> and linking romney with bush in a lot of people's minds. >> full disclosure on last week's program i think certainly, and neither felt that neither convention did much to elevate their candidate. obama has gotten a much bigger bounce i think that is anybody was predicting a week ago from this. another event that happened, which is that wesleyan university media project measured the advertising going on from august 26th to september 8th through the convention and the obama campaign ran 40,000 ads against the romney campaign's 18,000 ads in those swing states and they flooded the zone with anti-romney ads, specifically attacking mitt's tax plan and i think that sort of thing at that moment truly could have some effect on the polls. >> if you look at gallup's results, they showed that the mitt romne
>> he said that president obama inherited a mess, that obama's policies made sure it didn't get any worse, but that no one could have gotten us back to normal, even him. >> on the the path of-- >> and it makes no sense to return the keys to the white house to the people who got us in the mess. >> and linking romney with bush in a lot of people's minds. >> full disclosure on last week's program i think certainly, and neither felt that neither convention did much to...
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senator obama opposes the law. the president changes his mind and votes for the amendment to the act. the act not only legitimate did everything the prelate of bush had told -- everything that president bush had told me to do but it gave the national security agency a great deal more authority to do these kinds of things. that is a long and involved segue here to come back to the point that, as contentious as that was, as bitter as the fighting was in 2005 when the story broke, and legislation passed three years later that not only legitimate set but expands it. why? because, frankly, i think we have got powerful, broad agreement that we have to do some things differently. now, i have made the point of the continuity between the 43rd and the 44th president. obviously there were some differences. the most fundamental difference has to do with detainee's. president obama became president and the promise to close guantanamo, something he was not able to do, but he closed down the cia black sites where we held al qaeda
senator obama opposes the law. the president changes his mind and votes for the amendment to the act. the act not only legitimate did everything the prelate of bush had told -- everything that president bush had told me to do but it gave the national security agency a great deal more authority to do these kinds of things. that is a long and involved segue here to come back to the point that, as contentious as that was, as bitter as the fighting was in 2005 when the story broke, and legislation...
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we'll talk about who obama is and how he makes decisions. also, why is israel trying to get the united states to commit to waging war when israel itself isn't willing to do so. and finally we'll take a look at these pictures. do you think they were taken by nasa or the european space agency? no, a teenager with a second-hand camera. >>> but first here's my take. the images of the american embassy burning in benghazi might have conjured up memories of tehran in 1979, but the analogy is false. in libya, the government is not fomenting anti-americanism. it is fighting it, openly declaring america an ally and friend. libya is pro-american by two to one. the violence there appears to have been the work of small extremist elements that lack much popular support. but the storm has spread from libya. across the middle east there have been protests rallying against the united states and the west in general. even in these places, however, keep in mind that these crowds number in the hundreds, perhaps thousands. in countries with tens of millions of pe
we'll talk about who obama is and how he makes decisions. also, why is israel trying to get the united states to commit to waging war when israel itself isn't willing to do so. and finally we'll take a look at these pictures. do you think they were taken by nasa or the european space agency? no, a teenager with a second-hand camera. >>> but first here's my take. the images of the american embassy burning in benghazi might have conjured up memories of tehran in 1979, but the analogy is...
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presidential candidate mitt romney criticized the current president of barack obama for his handling of foreign affairs at the republican national convention this week his comments could be worse and for some nations as america's presidential election approaches so romney has a history of flip flopping on issues so it's hard to tell what his message will become. chicken explains. mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well verbal rocks not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his animosity towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone and of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geopolitical enemy that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on his website
presidential candidate mitt romney criticized the current president of barack obama for his handling of foreign affairs at the republican national convention this week his comments could be worse and for some nations as america's presidential election approaches so romney has a history of flip flopping on issues so it's hard to tell what his message will become. chicken explains. mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well...
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mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well verbal rocks not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone end of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geopolitical enemy that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on his website as part of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda so yes a lot of tough talk i heard experts say that's how mitt romney makes up for a lack of charisma what's interesting about the backbone comment is that mitt romney himself is often characterized as lacking the backbone as he has flip flopped on so many issues like abortion he was for abortion before he was against it or illegal immig
mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well verbal rocks not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less...
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soldiers fighting a war while the republicans slammed obama's plan as a foreign policy failure asked him about that he would show more backbone in relations with russia however socialism professor william robinson says the highly personalized campaigns we hide the fact that there's really little choice for american voters seemed unusual or there's no real significant difference between the republicans and the democrats regard to the economic program both parties are beholden to transnational corporate interests particularly to the banking interests of oil interests to the u.s. military industrial complex this is a longstanding reality of u.s. electoral campaigns increasingly their personalized increasingly the real issues are at stake the vital issues for the people in the united states and worldwide are not dealt with and increasingly they are simple simply personalized to time there is one difference for. substance and this is coming out. and that is that the obama administration has been pursuing what we call a very limited neocon as you're a little more social programs that are a
soldiers fighting a war while the republicans slammed obama's plan as a foreign policy failure asked him about that he would show more backbone in relations with russia however socialism professor william robinson says the highly personalized campaigns we hide the fact that there's really little choice for american voters seemed unusual or there's no real significant difference between the republicans and the democrats regard to the economic program both parties are beholden to transnational...
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even attempted let alone achieved as far as foreign policy you're writing that president obama's wars could come back to bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his buy now he pledged to was draw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in fact the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certain to face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and
even attempted let alone achieved as far as foreign policy you're writing that president obama's wars could come back to bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his buy now he pledged to was draw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in fact the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george...
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president obama and his party controlled everything. the obama economic agenda did not fail because it was stopped, it failed because it was passed. >> today we also learned who congressman ryan's debate practice partner will be. there he is. ted olson. former solicitor general under president george w. bush. he will be playing the role of joe biden in mock debates. congressman ryan and vice president biden will face off just one time three weeks from now. meanwhile, the obama campaign is out with a new ad today. it's a response to governor romney who has been asking americans if they are better off now than they were four years ago. >> here's where we are today. 30 months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. we're not there yet, but the real question is whose plan is better for you. the president's plan asks millionaires to pay a little more, to help invest in a strong middle class. >> we'll have more on these stories coming up. president obama not on the campaign trail, but he has a busy week ahead of him. and
president obama and his party controlled everything. the obama economic agenda did not fail because it was stopped, it failed because it was passed. >> today we also learned who congressman ryan's debate practice partner will be. there he is. ted olson. former solicitor general under president george w. bush. he will be playing the role of joe biden in mock debates. congressman ryan and vice president biden will face off just one time three weeks from now. meanwhile, the obama campaign is...
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support, obama would get the credit. and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think, and there's actually a third problem that should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times"es saying, basically, contra my own instincts, the problem with the united states is there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures, what we need are ever more expert commissions that will make decisions for us. now, maybe that's true. but it should be recognized that if that is the solution to our problems, then we should stop prattling to other countries around the world that what they need is more democracy because, in fact, we would have come to the conclusion that democracy doesn't really work. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution, 1787 and so forth, grew out of a lot of studies of the co
support, obama would get the credit. and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think, and there's actually a third problem that should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times"es saying, basically, contra my own instincts, the problem with the united states is there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures,...